Woodworking, DIY and Home Improvement Projects and Design Ideas.

Welcome to my blog! I believe in sharing my skills and talent with others. Below you will find videos, tutorials, tips, tricks and many other things regarding the wood working and home improvement projects I have created as well as ideas for your own projects. I hope this inspires you to start building something amazing! Please become a Patreon and Subscribe to my YouTube channel

Woodworking has always been a passion of mine and so has making things. Like my tagline says Country Roots. Modern Living, Made in America. This coat hook represents everything I am. I love simple clean designs and I don't like seeing fasteners or screws that hold things to the wall like coat hooks.

What is the perfect size coffee table? That is a good question. I first thought it was 4ft by 4ft but then I realized I needed to think of the negative space in my living room. I discovered that 3.5 ft by 3.5ft would be the perfect size.

Building the roof was one of the most challenging parts of this treehouse build. I have worked with tar and gravel shingles before but never wood. This was quite challenging because I had to figure out how to properly attach them as well as work from a high and dangerous height.

The list of materials and tools to make a custom cork and chalkboard are rather simple. I have added the links to where you can purchase the materials and tools below. You can also find a list of my large shop tools used to make this cork and chalkboard here.

Building a farmhouse bench was rather simple and cost less than $20. Say what, $20....that might not sound like a lot but you need some rather nice and expensive tools to properly mill and assemble the bench.

I believe having breakfast, lunch and dinner as a family is one of the most important things one can do to build family trust, unity and relationships. For us, this is not always easy with our little ones who often need our undivided attention while eating.

My wife really wanted to have built-in bookshelves and who am I to say no to my amazing wife? I do, however, think that the word "bookshelves" are a thing of the past and should be called something different because they are not really used to hold books anymore. I think they would be better called accessory shelves, display shelves, look-at-me shelves or something more relatable to the content they hold!

The center of any living room should be the fireplace. This is a special place in the house because it brings people together. I have wonderful memories of the fireplace that was in my house as a kid growing up in Georgia. We were lucky and had a real wood working fireplace. I got to chop wood and clean out the ashes when the fire had burned out. It sounds like it was a chore but it was so much fun.

For Valentine's Day my wife wanted a coat rack. She had shown me several that she liked but nothing got me excited to build. I decided to take a look at some old wood that I had out in my shop and came up with the design you see below. I call it the Miller Farmhouse coat rack.

The Custom Built-ins started out with lots of research, and like many DIY project we looked to Pinterest and Houzz for inspiration. You can follow me on Pinterest here and Houzz here. A lot of love and time went into this project and in this post you will learn how the cabinets were made. The second post will discuss the fireplace and the third will conclude with the bookshelves. Below is a photo of the final project.